Stafa-setning
Old Norse Dictionary - stafa-setning
Meaning of Old Norse word "stafa-setning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- stafa-setning
- mod. staf-setning, f. arrangement of letters, spelling, and the like, Skálda 178: of alliterative staves, Edda (Ht. begin.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛅᚠᛅ-ᛋᛁᛏᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- begin.
- beginning.
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)